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POWELL v. GOMEZ

No. 93-16465.

33 F.3d 39 (1994)

Gregory Ulas POWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Alfonso GOMEZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis P. Riordan, Dylan L. Schaffer, Riordan and Rosenthal, San Francisco, CA, for petitioner-appellant.

Dane R. Gillette, Deputy Atty. Gen., San Francisco, for respondent-appellee.

Before WALLACE and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges and TURRENTINE, District Judge.

TURRENTINE, District Judge:

OVERVIEW

In 1963, Gregory Powell and his co-defendant kidnapped two Los Angeles police officers and drove them to a field outside of Bakersfield, California. Rather than releasing the officers as he had promised, Powell shot at both officers. One officer died of the wounds and the other officer escaped.

After two trials, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury convicted Powell of first degree murder and sentenced...

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